Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Shuddhi (2017)

Shuddhi poster
Directed by
Adarsh Eshwarappa
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
1h 54m
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A crime drama set in India that follows several characters whose lives intersect. The film was shot entirely with handheld cameras and uses live sound recording to create a close up and naturalistic feel.

grittyintimaterawunsettlingatmosphericimmersivestarkdeliberate

What happens

Shuddhi is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language crime drama film written and directed by Adarsh Eshwarappa. The film mainly stars Nivedhitha, Lauren Spartano and Amrutha Karagada in the lead roles. It also stars Shashank Purushotham and Sidhaartha Maadhyamika in supporting roles. Whilst the cinematography is by Andrew Aiello, the film score was composed by Jesse Clinton. The major portion of the film has been shot using handheld technique which is a rarity in Indian cinema. The sound designer of the film is Nithin Lukose; Shuddhi was one amongst the very few films in Kannada, which was shot in sync sound. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?